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david jackson with u.s.a. today. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> meantime, the federal judge is hear arguments on how much british petroleum will have to pay for the worst oil spill in u.s. history. 11 workers were killed. millions of gallons of oil spilled after a rig explosion in the gulf in 2010. bp says the environment tall disaster cost the company more than $24 billion. convince the court the company is liable for more than that. >>> another big snowstorm pounding the nation's midsection. kansas, oklahoma, parts of texas as well. blizzard-like conditions led schools to cancel classes. wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour, built large snow drifts. something they don't see too often. the intertait was shut down. no flights have been going in or out since sunday night. >>> snowstorms. >> you have to go to texas to get snow? >> the panhandle can be crazy. i have a friend that lives in dallas. he had two consecutive white christmases. sometimes you have to go south. >> we can't remember the last real white chri
david jackson with u.s.a. today. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> meantime, the federal judge is hear arguments on how much british petroleum will have to pay for the worst oil spill in u.s. history. 11 workers were killed. millions of gallons of oil spilled after a rig explosion in the gulf in 2010. bp says the environment tall disaster cost the company more than $24 billion. convince the court the company is liable for more than that. >>> another big snowstorm...
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they do expect jesse jackson, jr., to do some prison time. back to you guys. >> all right, bruce, thank you. >>> newly released video shows the explosion that rocked kansas city, missouri last night. watch the upper right corner of your screen. see that right there? the mayor says there could be more victims in the rubble of the restaurant destroyed by an explosion and fire. search crews have recovered one body, 15 people were hurt in that blast. the cause is under investigation. but less than an hour before the explosion, firefighters got a call saying a construction worker had hit a gas line. >>> right after the break, hold the phone. an unlimited wireless plan for under $20 a month? we're going to tell you about it up next. >>> and just in time for dinner, we'll tell you which d.c. restaurants are on the list for the top eatlies in the country. hey topper. >> temperatures are going down, they never went that high today. here are the numbers for national. high was only 40. low 33. averages are up to 48 and 32. record high is 1930, 76. recor
they do expect jesse jackson, jr., to do some prison time. back to you guys. >> all right, bruce, thank you. >>> newly released video shows the explosion that rocked kansas city, missouri last night. watch the upper right corner of your screen. see that right there? the mayor says there could be more victims in the rubble of the restaurant destroyed by an explosion and fire. search crews have recovered one body, 15 people were hurt in that blast. the cause is under investigation....
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. >> sreenivasan: former congressman jesse jackson junior was charged today with diverting $750,000 in campaign funds to personal use. the illinois democrat resigned from congress last november after being treated for bipolar disorder. he responded to the federal charges today, saying: "i offer no excuses for my conduct and i fully accept my responsibility." in a related case, his wife pleaded guilty to a single count of tax fraud. the people who endured long days on a disabled cruise ship were headed home today. their ordeal in the gulf of mexico came to an end when the crippled craft pulled into port. cheers erupted from carnival cruise's "triumph" as it finally docked in mobile, alabama, late last night, five days after an engine room fire left the ship dead in the water. over the next four hours, more than 3,100 weary passengers streamed ashore. >> i mean, i'm speechless. it's just really great to finally be back in america and on land. >> sreenivasan: many took buses to new orleans to catch flights home today, while others were bused back to galveston, texas, to retrieve cars left
. >> sreenivasan: former congressman jesse jackson junior was charged today with diverting $750,000 in campaign funds to personal use. the illinois democrat resigned from congress last november after being treated for bipolar disorder. he responded to the federal charges today, saying: "i offer no excuses for my conduct and i fully accept my responsibility." in a related case, his wife pleaded guilty to a single count of tax fraud. the people who endured long days on a disabled...
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jackson will be sentenced in late june. his wife sandra also pleaded guilty today, to committing tax fraud. the obama administration is launching a new strategy to fight cyber theft. the plan announced today includes a diplomatic effort to discourage intellectual property theft abroad. it also calls for better coordination to help u.s. companies protect themselves. at a washington briefing, attorney general eric holder said the damage done by economic espionage is growing. >> the stakes have never really been higher. in some industries, a single trade secret can be worth millions or even billions of dollars. trade secret theft can require companies to lay off employees, close factories, to lose sales and profits, to experience a decline in competitive position and advantage or even to go out of business. >> sreenivasan: the announcement came on the heels of a report by a virginia cyber-security firm. the findings directly accused the chinese military of hacking more than 140 companies in the u.s. and elsewhere. japanese inv
jackson will be sentenced in late june. his wife sandra also pleaded guilty today, to committing tax fraud. the obama administration is launching a new strategy to fight cyber theft. the plan announced today includes a diplomatic effort to discourage intellectual property theft abroad. it also calls for better coordination to help u.s. companies protect themselves. at a washington briefing, attorney general eric holder said the damage done by economic espionage is growing. >> the stakes...
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mike pesca of npr is in new orleans and joins us from jackson square. is sow mike, start with this bit of history, the two brothers going at it. >> yeah, it's kind of amazing that one family can produce two super bowl coaches. and more amazed at the coach of the baltimore, john harbaugh. because jim had, it's very hard to become a head coach, but his path is a tried and true one, an nfl quarterback, coach at a big time college program, became an nfl head coach. john was the guy who had to be scrappy and work a jobs, and be an assistant and rise through the ranksment but they're both here. they did a copress conference today, this is not usually happen. the coaches do not usually make nice before the super bowl. so even though there is going to be hard hits and animosity on the field, the story of the brothers will, you know, be at least one nice touching moment and certainly a bittersweet moment for their parents to no matter what happens. >> brown: and then of course the two quarter barr, especially the young one who is for the 49ers, kaepernick who is
mike pesca of npr is in new orleans and joins us from jackson square. is sow mike, start with this bit of history, the two brothers going at it. >> yeah, it's kind of amazing that one family can produce two super bowl coaches. and more amazed at the coach of the baltimore, john harbaugh. because jim had, it's very hard to become a head coach, but his path is a tried and true one, an nfl quarterback, coach at a big time college program, became an nfl head coach. john was the guy who had to...
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in addition to salazar's exit at interior, lisa jackson is leaving as environmental protection agency chief as is energy secretary steven chu with no replacements announced yet. and mr. obama's economic team will also have new faces, as he moves to replace: labor secretary hilda solis, trade representative ron kirk and rebecca blank, the interim commerce secretary who replaced gary locke when he became ambassador to china. critical issues await them, from action on climate change, to the keystone x-l oil pipeline, to negotiations on new trade agreements with a dozen nations, and the european union. the president set the tone for the selections to come, with his description of jewell today. >> she knows the link between conservation and good jobs. she knows that there's no contradiction between being good stewards of the land and our economic progress, that in fact, those two things need to go hand-in-hand. >> ifill: the immediate response to jewell's nomination was positive -- from business and environmental groups alike. we get more now on the president's second-term cabinet and the
in addition to salazar's exit at interior, lisa jackson is leaving as environmental protection agency chief as is energy secretary steven chu with no replacements announced yet. and mr. obama's economic team will also have new faces, as he moves to replace: labor secretary hilda solis, trade representative ron kirk and rebecca blank, the interim commerce secretary who replaced gary locke when he became ambassador to china. critical issues await them, from action on climate change, to the...